Wings prospect Smith held scoreless in return to Wisconsin lineup

Red Wings prospect Brendan Smith failed to register a point in the University of Wisconsin's 4-3 OT and 5-0 losses to the University of Denver on Friday and Saturday, but Wisconsin coach Mike Eaves told the Badger Herald's Michael Bleach that Smith performed relatively well in his return from a broken wrist:

February 24, Badger Herald: With sophomore defenseman Brendan Smith coming back from injury this weekend and junior forward John Mitchell being ejected from Saturday's game, two UW players had weekends to forget. Though Smith wasn't on ice for any goals the Badgers gave up, the talented defenseman wasn't his usual crisp self on the Badger power play

"Probably a typical weekend for coming back from being off six plus weeks," Eaves said. "You are always nervous when a player comes back in because they have to get in the flow of things. What you tend to remember is how good they are and all the things they can do, but in between there is that process of from being hurt and getting going again."